Simulink.Mask Class

Namespace: Simulink

Control masks programmatically

Description

Use an instance of the Simulink.Mask class to perform the following operations:

• Create, copy, and delete masks.

• Create, edit, and delete mask parameters.

• Determine the block that owns the mask.

• Obtain workspace variables defined for a mask.

Properties

Type — Mask type of block

character vector (default) | string

Mask type of the associated block is specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

Description — Description of block

character vector (default) | string

Description of the block, specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

Help — Help text for the masked block

character vector (default) | string

Help text for the masked block, specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

Initialization — Initialization commands

character vector (default) | string

Initialization commands for the masked block, specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

SelfModifiable — Option to allow block to modify its contents

off (default) | on

Option to allow the block to modify its contents, specified as a logical.

Data Types: logical

Display — MATLAB^® code for block icon

character vector (default) | string

MATLAB code for the block icon, specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

IconFrame — Visibility of block frame

off (default) | on

Visibility of the block frame, specified as a logical value.

Data Types: logical

IconOpaque — Option to make the icon opaque

opaque (default) | transparent

Option to make the icon opaque, specified as a logical.

• Opaque: Make the icon opaque.

• Transparent: Make the icon transparent.

Data Types: logical

RunInitForIconRedraw — Option to run initialization before executing drawing commands

off (default) | on | analyze

Option to run mask initialization commands before executing the mask icon commands, specified as enumerated data type.

Data Types: enum

IconRotate — Option to rotate icon with block

none (default) | port

Option to rotate icon along with block, specified as enumerated data type.

Data Types: enum

PortRotate — Port rotation type

default (default) | physical

Port rotation type, specified as enumerated data type. Set this property to default to reorder ports after a clockwise rotation to maintain a left-to-right port numbering order for ports along the top and bottom of the block and a top-to-bottom port numbering order for ports along the left and right sides of the block. Set this property to physical to rotate ports with the block without reordering them after a clockwise rotation.

Data Types: enum

IconUnits — Units for drawing commands

autoscale (default) | pixels | normalized

Units for drawing commands, specified as enumerated type. autoscale scales the icon to fit the block frame. normalized draws the icon within a block frame whose bottom-left corner is (0,0) and whose top-right corner is (1,1). Only X and Y values from 0 through 1 appear. When the block is resized, the icon is also resized. pixels draws the icon with X and Y values expressed in pixels. The icon is not automatically resized when the block is resized.

Data Types: enum

SaveCallbackFileWithModel — Option to save callback file with the model

off (default) | on

Use this option to save the callback file along with the model, if you have mask initialization code and callback code in a separate MAT file, specified as a logical value.

Data Types: logical

CallbackFile — Name of callback file

empty (default) | character vector | string

Name of the callback file containing the mask initialization code and callback code, specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

Parameters — Mask parameter properties

Simulink.MaskParameterobject (default)

Mask parameter properties, specified as a Simulink.MaskParameter object.

PortIdentifiers — Port identifier properties

Simulink.Mask.PortIdentifiers object (default)

Port identifier properties, specified as a Simulink.Mask.PortIdentifiers object.

ParameterConstraints — Parameter constraints properties

Simulink.Mask.Constraints object (default)

Option to add or remove parameter constraint rule, specified as a Simulink.Mask.Constraints object.

CrossParameterConstraints — Constraints between parameters

Simulink.Mask.CrossParameterConstraints (default)

Constraints between parameters, specified as Simulink.Mask.CrossParameterConstraints.

PortConstraints — Port constraints properties

Simulink.Mask.PortConstraint object (default)

Option to add or remove port constraints, specified as a Simulink.Mask.PortConstraint object.

CrossPortConstraints — Cross port constraints properties

Simulink.Mask.CrossPortConstraint object (default)

Option to add or remove constraints on ports of the masked block, specified as a Simulink.Mask.CrossPortConstraint object.

Methods

Public Methods

addCrossParameterConstraint	Add cross-parameter constraint
addCrossPortConstraint	Create cross-port constraint among ports of the same masked block
addCrossPortParameterConstraint	Create cross port parameter constraint between ports and parameters of same masked block
addDialogControl	Add dialog control elements to mask dialog box
addParameter	Add a parameter to a mask
addParameterConstraint	Add parameter constraint to a mask
addPortConstraint	Create port constraint on a mask object
addPortConstraintAssociation	Associate port constraints to port identifiers
addPortIdentifier	Creates a port identifier to identify port in mask
copy	Copy mask from one block to another
delete	Unmask a block and delete the mask from memory
getAssociatedParametersOfConstraint	Get mask parameters associated with a constraint
getCrossParameterConstraint	Get cross-parameter constraint
getCrossPortConstraint	Display attributes of cross-port constraint
getCrossPortParameterConstraint	Display attributes of cross port parameter constraint
getDialogControl	Search for a specific dialog control on the mask
getDialogControls	Retrieve root level containers from a masked block
getOwner	Determine the block that owns a mask
getParameter	Get mask parameter by name
getParameterConstraint	Get mask parameter constraint properties
getPortConstraint	Displays attributes of specified port constraint
getPortConstraintAssociation	Displays port identifiers associated with port constraint
getPortIdentifier	Displays attributes of specified port identifier
getWorkspace	Create mask workspace object
getWorkspaceVariables	Get variables defined in mask workspace for masked block
insertParameter	Create and insert mask parameter at a specified index
isMaskWithDialog	Check if block mask contains dialog controls and parameters
isSimpleMask	Check if block mask contains only mask dialog controls
numParameters	Display number of parameters in a mask
removeAllCrossParameterConstraints	Delete all cross-parameter constraints from a mask
removeAllCrossPortConstraints	Remove all cross-port constraints from mask object
removeAllCrossPortParameterConstraints	Remove all cross port parameter constraints from mask object
removeAllParameterConstraints	Delete all mask parameter constraints
removeAllParameters	Remove all existing parameters from a mask
removeAllPortConstraintAssociation	Removes the associations of all port constraints from mask
removeAllPortConstraints	Remove all port constraints on masked block
removeAllPortIdentifiers	Removes all port identifiers from mask object
removeCrossParameterConstraint	Delete a cross-parameter constraint
removeCrossPortConstraint	Remove cross-port constraint
removeCrossPortParameterConstraint	Remove cross port parameter constraint
removeDialogControl	Remove dialog control from mask dialog box
removeParameter	Remove parameter from mask dialog box
removeParameterConstraint	Delete a mask parameter constraint
removePortConstraint	Remove specified port constraint
removePortConstraintAssociation	Remove association between port constraint and port identifiers
removePortIdentifier	Removes specified port identifier from mask object
set
Simulink.Mask.create	Create a mask on a Simulink block
get	Returns mask from a specified block

Version History

Introduced in R2010a